Why You Can't Recycle at the Movie Theater

Every residence in Sioux Falls is expected to recycle. Trash haulers are expected to turn over as much recycling as possible and get dinged by the city if they don’t.

On Tuesday, the city held a press conference to announce that it had inched once again slightly closer to its citywide recycling goals and doubled down on its promise to meet a goal of a 25 percent citywide recycling rate by next year.

In the face of all those facts, reader John Gilbertson wonders, why do movie-goers have to toss their recyclables in a trash can?